Silent walk Event

Silent walk to raise awareness On Monday the 18th of October, 2021, Coordination Center on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Aruba (CMMA) together with Ketenmanager Manager Venezuela (KMVEN) organized a silent walk in commemoration of the European Day Against Human Trafficking and to shine a light on the topic. The walk started at the end […]

Meeting to formalise Coordinatie Centrum Mensenhandel Mensensmokkel Aruba

Meeting to formalise Coordinatie Centrum Mensenhandel Mensensmokkel Aruba In a press conference, it was announced that the organization of CMMA( “Coördinatiecentrum Mensenhandel Mensensmokkel Aruba” ) will be a point of attention for the upcoming cabinet.    Ms. Jeannette Richardson- Baars, the Coordinador of CMMA, and project manager Angela Persad recently met with the government mandator […]

OM wants to take 800,000 guilders from human traffickers

Courthouse Curacao

OM wants to take 800,000 guilders form human trafficker. The public prosecution service wants to take almost 800,000 guilders from the owner of Hot Chicks Café and Wings Café. He is on trail for human trafficking in the Tres Belle case. The owner is said to have recruited Venezuelan woman between 2017 and 2019 to […]

Love and Trafficking: How Traffickers Groom & Control Their Victims

Love and Trafficking: How Traffickers Groom & Control Their Victims “I can’t believe she fell for that.” “If I were him I would have told someone!” “I would have seen right through it.” If you’ve never been targeted by a trafficker – or in an abusive or manipulative relationship of any kind – you may […]

Spot the 9 Warning Signs of Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking

Spot the 9 Warning Signs of Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Members of the public could be “unwittingly” hiring the victims of modern slavery who are hidden in “plain sight” across the world. Victims of forced servitude and labour could be washing your car, serving your meals, working in the hotels where you stay, painting […]

Premiere “Otro banda di lama” at Gloria

Premiere “otro banda di Lama” at Gloria Coordination center on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Aruba (CMMA) and Ketenmanager Venezuela premiered the feature film Otro Banda di Lama (Other side of the sea) in the presence of Prime Minister Mrs. Evelyn Wever Croes and Minister of Justice Mr. Andin Bikker. The premiere took place in […]

TWO ILLEGALS FLED FROM THE DETENTION FACILITY IN DAKOTA

TWO ILLEGALS FLED FROM THE DETENTION FACILITY IN DAKOTA A little past 10:30 am, information was received from the coast guard that two individuals fled from the facility in Dakota. There was a search started for these individuals immediately, whereafter one of them was quickly caught in Dakota. The other individual is still on the […]

FOUND THE BOAT THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND

FOUND THE BOAT THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND It was after 12:00 am on Monday when the police were searching for a boat that had transported people illegally from Venezuela earlier that night. They found a small boat in the ocean, just behind the dog cemetery. It appeared to be the boat named Ariangel, which is […]

MORE THAN 10 ILLEGALS WERE CAUGHT AT SERO COLORADO

MORE THAN 10 ILLEGALS WERE CAUGHT AT SERO COLORADO At around 10:00 pm on Sunday night, the police received information from various people in the Sero Colorado area. They went to the scene immediately and started searching the surrounding area. Their action paid off because they managed to detain 11 people that night, 9 men […]